Campy spelling question? Re: [CR]Broken Retro Crank Website

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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 14:02:33 -0400
From: "gregparker1" <GregParker1@compuserve.com>
Subject: Campy spelling question? Re: [CR]Broken Retro Crank Website
To: Brandon Ives <monkey37@bluemarble.net>
Cc: gregparker1 <110404.153@compuserve.com>, Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


Who told you that?

Campagnolo USA has been around much longer than ten years as far as I know....

Anyone know definitively?

I've seen Campagnolo referred to as Campi, but us Amurricans made it Campy I think. "Campag" is fairly common in the UK....

Greg Parker

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I think the incorporation of Campy in the US was a late 80's thing which is outside of the time period we're speaking about.

Totally on topic question, why did Campagnolo become Campy? Campy to me is John Waters films, but somehow the proper name was shortened and a "Y" added, why? There isn't any precident in the Italian language that I know of.

enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives

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